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Clematis 'Copernicus'

Medium-sized, dark blue flowers paler at the base, mainly semi-double, occasionally single; ageing paler. Filaments white; connectives deep yellow; anthers pale yellow to white. Seed-heads persistent.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jun Jul Aug
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	4 5 6 7 8 9
Raised by:	S Marczynski
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1999 n2014 i2016
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling; parentage unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-12cm Tepals 8, sepaloid staminodes 30-40; 2-6cm long x 1-4cm wide, elliptic to narrowly elliptic or obovate, overlapping but gappy at base, with wavy margins and cuspidate, long-pointed tips